LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America
SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours
Dozens of American veterans and military family members were detained after they started protesting the Iran war inside a congressional office building in Washington D.C.
😁 🚨 They are Protesting. 👈 😁
Maybe it's just me but I don't think Jeffrey Epstein's clients should be the ones to decide if Jeffrey Epstein's clients should be prosecuted.
Looks like everybody in the Trump administration is a junkie, a drunk, a fucking psychopath, or a pedo. Some are all of the above.
GOP - *gerrymanders*
DEMS - hey stop that no fair
GOP - *gerrymanders even more*
DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue
SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely*
DEMS - *start gerrymandering*
GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭
No Is a Complete Sentence
You do not owe anyone an explanation of why your answer is no. You do not have to justify your limits or apologize for having them. 'No' is not rude. It is not unkind. It is honest — and it is yours to give freely.
Where in your life does a boundary need honoring?
An on-again, off-again ceasefire at the same time as a blockade, makes perfect sense if you see it for what it is:
MARKET MANIPULATION
I also want to shout @lataco.bsky.social's great feature on the organizing in Monterey Park, aptly titled "How to Stop a Data Center in Your Backyard":
Republicans complaining about gerrymandering are funny.
Trump tried to stay in power after he lost an election.
Please don't pretend you care about democracy when the leader of your party clearly does not.
Sen. Warren: "Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?"
Handsome Kevin: "ummm... errr... "
His response raises real questions about whether Warsh is independent of the President and if he has the courage to tell hard truths.
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Paint what you love! ❤️ 🎨
My dad was a meteorologist and my mom was an artist. Not surprisingly I paint a lot of storms. 😊
A proud Minnesotan through and through.
10 years after his passing, I’m joining folks around the world in honoring Prince by listening to Purple Rain today.
Yeah that will solve all of our problems…..
1917 called and wants it's war strategy back.
Sledgehammer was released 40 years ago today!
Ossoff: "You were talking earlier about Jared Kushner. The guy leading our diplomacy in the Middle East is bringing in billions from Middle Eastern princes and sheiks and going around the region asking for billions more while he conducts nuclear diplomacy on behalf of the country. It's obscene."
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
The thing with Gen X and music is that yes we had grunge but we also had rock and funk and hip hop and rap and pop and house and trance and lounge and reggae and soul and Gregorian chants ffs.
“The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated.”
—Justice Robert H. Jackson, Chief American Prosecutor, Nuremberg, 1946
For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:
When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?
The president is currently trying to steal 10 BILLION DOLLARS from the American people and it’s not the main news story in the country… not even close
Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.
"My reps are conservative so I'm not gonna call them about issues."
Yeah? And let them just go unyelled at by you? Come on.
delgrosso Good morning to everyone except the fitted sheet in my dryer, who took all of the other laundry items into its loving elastic corners while telling them "fear not, my wet babies, mother will protect you from the heat of the machine and you will remain safe and damp in my warm embrace."
“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.
Watching Big Trouble in Little China again, and god what an all timer. I saw a handful of movies with Victor Wong as a kid, this, Tremors, and Price of Darkness, and he was such a great actor.
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
Reading matters
Why does fiction matter?
Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people.
A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives.
⏰📚💙📚🎧 #books #reading #fiction
